Defects Quotes

343 quotes by 269 authors

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. — Marquis de Sade
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Defect-free software does not exist. — Wietse Venema
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. — Voltaire
I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so… — Shaun White
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. — Oscar Wilde
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked… — Carter G. Woodson
It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them. — Tom Stoppard
A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their… — Emile M. Cioran
Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively than he loves… — Anais Nin
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you… — Haruki Murakami
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever… — Jane Austen
Yet human experience and the practice of communication have shown throughout the ages that definitions are an illusion, like having a speech defect and trying… — Jose Saramago
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And… — Jane Austen
It is a human defect--to try to know one's self by the self of another. — Robert Penn Warren
In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight un-knotted timber of good appearance is used for the revealed pillars, straight timber with… — Miyamoto Musashi
It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh. — W. Somerset Maugham
A woman must wait for her ovaries to die before she can get her rightful personality back. Post-menstrual is the same as pre-menstrual; I am… — Florence King
Everyone had some defect, or body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick… — W. Somerset Maugham

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